linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: handle rtw_init_netdev

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:58:50 +0530
From:   Vihas Mak <makvihas@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, martin@...ser.cx,
        straube.linux@...il.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: handle rtw_init_netdev_name() failure appropriately

>> This doesn't really fix the bug.  Better to re-write the error handling.
>> See my error handling guide here:

Thanks Dan for the guide. Will submit a v2 soon.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 8:37 PM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 12:56:11AM +0530, Vihas Mak wrote:
> > rtw_init_netdev_name() calls dev_alloc_name() which allocates the name
> > for the device as per the given name format.
> > It returns a negative err code if the format is invalid. Currently the
> > name format is specified by the module parameter "ifname".
> > Warn the user if "ifname" is invalid.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vihas Mak <makvihas@...il.com>
> > ---
>
> This doesn't really fix the bug.  Better to re-write the error handling.
> See my error handling guide here:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210831084735.GL12231@kadam/
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>


-- 
Thanks,
Vihas